Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo Bars

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, nanaimo bars. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Nanaimo Bars is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Nanaimo Bars is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Combine graham crackers, coconut and walnuts and add to the melted mixture. Beat until creamy and spread over melted base. Remove from heat and mix in the graham cracker crumbs, coconut and almonds (if you like). Remove from the heat; blend in sugar, cocoa, vanilla, egg, crumbs and coconut.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have nanaimo bars using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Nanaimo Bars:
  1. Prepare 1 Cup Butter
  2. Prepare 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
  3. Prepare 3 Tablespoons Cocoa
  4. Make ready 1 Egg
  5. Get 2 Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
  6. Take 2 Cups Sugar , Powdered
  7. Make ready 1/4 Cup Fresh Cream
  8. Prepare 2 Tablespoons Custard Powder
  9. Get 3 Ounces Chocolate Chips

Add butter and stir until melted, then whisk in sugar, cocoa powder, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in cracker crumbs, coconut and, if desired, almonds. For filling, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, pudding mix, butter and milk until smooth; spread over crust. In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth.

Steps to make Nanaimo Bars:
  1. Start with the crust. Melt together the butter, brown sugar, and cocoa.
  2. Beat the egg, and quickly whisk it into the hot chocolate mixture. You need to add the egg slowly and keep the whisk moving.This is important.
  3. Make sure the chocolate mixture is removed from heat.
  4. Otherwise you will get a huge mass of scrambled egg.
  5. Mix in the graham crackers.
  6. Press the crust into an 8×8 pan that has been lined with parchment.
  7. Put the crust into the fridge to chill for a half hour.
  8. Make the buttercream layer, but creaming together the powdered sugar, butter, and custard powder.
  9. Add the cream slowly, and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Spread the cream layer evenly over the crust. Back in the fridge for another half hour or so.
  10. Melt together the butter and chocolate (either a double boiler or microwave) and pour over the chilled cream layer.
  11. Back in the fridge to set up.

For filling, in a small bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, pudding mix, butter and milk until smooth; spread over crust. In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Nanaimo Bars are a traditional Canadian bar cookie whose origins are in Nanaimo, British Columbia. My Mom used to make these when I was a child. She was from Canada & this is not your normal desert!

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